H&S News and Events
The pace never slows at Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences. Every day, students and faculty unveil meaningful discoveries and produce original scholarship. They create and investigate, collaborate and communicate, at all hours and in every corner of campus.
That intellectual energy extends far beyond department walls. Through lectures, conferences, performances and exhibitions, H&S scholars reflect and engage with the Stanford community and experts from around the world.
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Latest News
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- Physics Society Honors Beam Physicist for ‘Outstanding’ Doctoral Thesis
- May 24 - by Diane Rezendes Khirallah The newly minted Ph.D. won an American Physical Society award for his doctoral thesis research at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source. Daniel Ratner also shines as a potter, squash player and SLAC tour guide. Read more ... … Read more »
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- Stanford psychologists examine how race affects juvenile sentencing
- May 23 - A new study by Stanford psychologists examines how race affects the prison sentences of children. It finds that if people imagine a juvenile offender to be black, they are more willing to hand down severe penalties to all juveniles. Read more »
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- Study Cracks a Secret of Methanol Production
- May 23 - by Glennda Chui Scientists from SLAC, Stanford and Germany have figured out a key part of the industrial process for making methanol. It’s an important step toward improving the process – and eventually realizing the goal of turning a potent greenhouse gas, carbon… Read more »
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- Turkish president tells Stanford audience, ‘this is the age of people’s empowerment’
- May 22 - In Stanford speech, Turkish President Abdullah Gül praised the technological innovations that have come out of the university as critical to expanding freedom and enabling world democracies. Read more »
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- Stanford Shakespeare Company’s Romeo and Juliet brings the feuding families of Verona together for a
- May 22 - The all-student theater company tweaks the classic tale by staging a ceremony of remembrance for the dead lovers. Read more »
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- LCLS Graphite Experiment Poses New Questions for Researchers
- May 21 - by Glenn Roberts Jr. In experiments at SLAC, a powerful X-ray laser blasted solid carbon crystals into a liquid and plasma even faster than expected, raising new questions about how these intense beams interact with matter. Read more ... … Read more »
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- School of Fontainebleau: Prints from the Kirk Edward Long Collection
- Ongoing every day from April 17, 2013 through July 21, 2013.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive
When the French king Francis I began in 1527 to transform a country chateau, Fontainebleau, into a truly royal residence, he hired Rosso Fiorentino, Francesco Primaticcio, and other esteemed Italian… Read more »
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- Splash!
- Sunday, November 4, 2012.
Main Quad
Splash! is a program that brings high and middle school students from everywhere to Stanford’s campus for a two-day learning extravaganza. Classes are taught by Stanford undergraduates, graduate students, and other community… Read more »
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- Splash!
- Saturday, November 3, 2012.
Main Quad
Splash! is a program that brings high and middle school students from everywhere to Stanford’s campus for a two-day learning extravaganza. Classes are taught by Stanford undergraduates, graduate students, and other community… Read more »
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H&S Stories About Passion:
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- Tommy Tobin
- Tobin is committed to giving back to his community. Watch »
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- Chase Mendenhall
- Mendenhall is a PhD student studying ecology and evolutionary biology. Watch »
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- Jhanvi Shriram
- Shriram explores the intersection of democracy and media with her camera. Watch »
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